November Music
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November Music is an annual international festival of contemporary music in the Netherlands on various locations in 's-Hertogenbosch.[1] Its motto is 'Today's Music by Today's Makers'.
The ten-day festival is held in the first half of November. It offers a programme of contemporary composed music, jazz and improvisation, avant-garde world music, sound installations, electronic music, modern opera, music theatre, and interdisciplinary performances. Concerts are staged in different venues.
History
The first November Music took place in 1993. There is an ongoing collaboration with various international festivals. In recent years, November Music has also organised concerts outside the scope of the festival in other Dutch cities.
Composers and musicians who have featured in the festival include
November Music regularly links up Dutch jazz musicians with improvisators from other countries and arranges a first get-together on stage. Some combinations initiated by November Music: Yuri Honing and Mathias Eick, Anton Goudsmit and The Bad Plus, Vijay Iyer and Misha Mengelberg, Marc Ribot and ZAPP4, Martin Fondse and Matthew Herbert, ZAPP4 and Jan Bang, Rembrandt Frerichs Trio and Kayhan Kalhor.
Sound art installations
Since 2012 November Music also has a
Sources
External links
References
- ^ Contemporary music festival in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Allaboutjazz, November Music 2014
- ^ "November Music - internationaal festival voor actuele muziek".